President Vladimir Putin called a meeting of the Russian Security Council for Monday, the state-owned Ria Novosti news agency reported, citing the Kremlin.
Russia struck residential buildings and civil infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia again overnight, with dozens dead or injured. Representatives of the Russian occupying authorities in Luhansk and in Nova Kakhovka in the vicinity of Kherson have reportedly taken their families to Crimea amid advances by Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian troops pushed forward further in Luhansk, moving toward the strategic town of Svatove, the region’s military administration said on Sunday on Telegram.
“It is almost certain that some vehicle transits via the other two carriageways have resumed, but capacity will be seriously degraded,” the UK Defence Ministry said in a Twitter update.The German government has put together another package to support Ukraine, to the tune of €11-million, according toThe aid package, which includes winter clothing, heatable crew tents, mobile power generators and food packages, follows a request for winter equipment from Kyiv.
“It is one of the highest priorities for our diplomats to speed up the decision of our partners to provide Ukraine with modern and effective anti-aircraft systems,” Zelensky said in his nightly address to the nation. His comments came hours before Russian jets fired at least a dozen missiles at the city of Zaporizhzhia overnight. Ukraine’s military said on Twitter that having such anti-missile systems “could have prevented such tragedies.”The EU agreed to a new training mission for Ukraine and plans to train as many as 15,000 of Kyiv’s troops in EU countries this winter, the German newspaperOperational headquarters will be located in Poland and Germany, with an initial mandate of two years.
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